Many people lack a factual understanding of events in our region because the media report them inadequately. We blog here because our daughter Malki, murdered at the age of 15 in a restaurant massacre in Jerusalem, was a victim of jihadist hatred and barbarism. For jihadism and terrorism to end in Israel, New York, Madrid, London and everywhere else, people first need to understand the scale on which it is happening and why. This ongoing war is killing us.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

15-Oct-14: Things we learned (or should have) during the last 3 years about dealing with terrorists

October 19, 2011: The convicted mass murderer who engineered the bombing
of the Sbarro pizza shop in Jerusalem arrives in Amman, Jordan, fresh from
her Israeli prison cell and about to embark on the high-profile life (continuing
until this very day) of a 'celebrity' murderer/terrorist [Image Source]

In the
next few days, three years will have passed since the consummation of the
Shalit Deal.

It's a theme to which we have returned often, here on our blog and other websites, on television and radio, in newspapers, via face-to-face meetings in far-away countries and here. We make no bones
about it: that transaction, and the price Israel paid then and since, makes it
a watershed, a learning moment. Tragically, the learning has been scant, and
involves far too few public figures in this country.

We do feel the Israeli
public, which has gone through significant travails in these past three years,
has undergone a significant change of heart away from supporting such trades. But clearly there is still much
learning to be done.

Frimet
Roth has a brief essay on the Times of Israel website, that went up in the last few minutes. Here's
the first part of it.

This week we mark the third anniversary of
the Shalit Deal. On that day, October 18, 2011, my husband and I
felt as though our child, Malki,
murdered in the notorious Sbarro massacre of
August 2001, was killed a second time. The anguish and torment we felt as we watched her
released murderer, Ahlam Tamimi, triumphant and joyous, hug family and admirers
celebrating her arrival at Amman airport were unbearable.

1. A stint in an Israeli prison rarely
rehabilitates a terrorist. It punishes them and isolates them from bombs and
missiles. But prison is where they belong for as long as our court deemed, just
for our own and our children’s good.

2. Terrorists who are freed from Israeli
prison prematurely and return to terrorism are more dangerous than novices.
This refutes the Shalit-camp contention that it’s immaterial whether terrorists
remain in prison; there will always be a terrorist threat regardless, they say.
But the fact is a released terrorist is the most lethal sort.

3. Sending freed terrorists into exile does
not render them harmless. They are equally capable of murdering while residing
there as they would be in the West Bank or Gaza. Exile simply places them out
of the reach of the IDF or other arms of Israeli security. Tamimi, the
woman who engineered the massacre that killed my daughter, was “exiled” (in the
government of Israel’s language) to the land in which she was born and raised,
Jordan. Jordan is the very comfortable base from which she now travels
and broadcasts freely throughout the Arab world, exhorting her
audiences to respect and emulate the murderous actions of terrorists like
herself...

The
rest is at the Times of Israel. It makes some points worth sharing. If you have
comments, please write them there. Also, please Tweet and Facebook it. We greatly
appreciate the help of all who contribute to getting this message out as widely
as possible.

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Netanyahu knew what would happen when Tamimiwas released. Her mindset was to kill no matter where she was. Not only was Malki and others murdered, but the terrorists felt as though they had license to continue their savagery. And looked what happened to Israel this past summer! A war that continued the savagery and brought even more anti-semitism throughout the world, including boycottingIsrael travel and commerce.

What did Netanyahu think the terrorists would do once they left prison? The blood of innocent people is on his hands. One doesn't need to be a brain surgeon to figure out the answer. The savages have death and destruction ingrained in them.

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